New York: Central Park
Inspiration: Today's weather was fantastic. So, I wondered around the city and ended up in Central Park again. . . where I ran into Woodland Fairy (we've met before -- see 8/24/2009 post). So, it turns out that Woodland Fairy isn't just living her dream of being a fairy in the Central Park forest. That may be a part of it, but she certainly isn't doing it for free. This time around, she was standing on a small dais like a mannequin - immobile and expressionless. Her Mary Poppins-like duffel bag (see 8/24/2009 post) was wide open and filled with money (and not the fairy kind). When someone dropped a few coins or bills into the bag, she suddenly beamed, squeezed "fairy dust" from the rose and sprinkled it into the outstretched hand of the giver. Once I got over my ridiculous sense of betrayal that Woodland Fairy was not actually agenda-free, but indeed out there to make a living, I made a donation and received my fairy dust. The stuff immediately stuck to my palms, face and camera. I am still picking some of it off my arms as I write . . . Lesson learned: No one is untouched by this recession. And fairy dust is no longer free.
That is amazing! Man what a killer photo! I am so sad that fairy dust is not free!! Why do I want her living a dream rather than making $ ?
Posted by: Cristi | August 31, 2009 at 01:42 AM
I know. Me too!
Posted by: The Photodiarist | August 31, 2009 at 09:12 AM
Very nice pictures! Please go on with it!
Posted by: janis | August 31, 2009 at 09:47 AM
nice blog...
Posted by: Serg Riva | August 31, 2009 at 03:01 PM
I guess the fairy needed the purse.
Posted by: The Stuffed Eskimo | August 31, 2009 at 05:00 PM
Really beautiful and enchanting, you don`t see many people looking like that often.
Posted by: Janna | August 31, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Great bw street work. The bokeh adds a lot of atmosphere to this one. Nice, really nice.
Posted by: Luis A. De Jesus R. | September 2, 2009 at 01:33 PM